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Yeah it is a bit on the scary side at times. Turbo is on, but I don't know it's condition other than it's not noisy and it still blows air up the pipe to the LDA, should be ok i guess. I think i'll have to check things over again though. I'll check the timing as well. I'm suspicious of the LDA, does...

Thanks for the replies. Yeah so it was just me and a drum kit, not too heavy; maybe the same weight as another person in total. The van is a converted panel van but with not much extra than a rocknroll bed, so it should be fairly close to the unladen weight. I wondered if it's a symptom of having a ...

Hi everyone, I rebuilt my JX engine over the winter and have been enjoying using the van for a few months now. I want to ask other JX drivers what sort of power you'd expect from the engine? I ask because I don't really have a valid reference from before the rebuild as the engine was in quite a bad ...

Hi folks, thought you might appreciate this guys shower addition to his jeep (see link below). He's set up a heat exchanger on the coolant pipe to heat water pumped up from a container (or any source potentially). Pretty cool! Anyone seen something like this on a t25? http://imgur.com/a/zbxiZ" ...

Good stuff, that's the spirit! I'm not familiar with the Bentley manual myself, the one i use is from just kampers (originally a 'pocket mechanic' book published by Peter Russek, which JK seem to have just photocopied and taken as their own!) which covers the JX: http://www.justkampers.com/shop/t25/...

Hi, this manual here has the torques and procedures: http://www.justkampers.com/shop/t25/accessories/workshop-manuals/kamper-manual-for-vw-diesel-and-turbo-diesel-transporters-1982-1992-j10839.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Not a bad manual, could be a bit clearer or b...

Hi Rob, yeah i fitted the head myself (but that's off now!). I've managed to get a second hand JX engine off of ebay which had a recent head recon, picked it up today and will be fitting it this week sometime. I definitely agree with what other people have said in the past about stripping and puttin...

Before committing to any repair work make sure you get the head pressure tested. I didn't pressure test mine, and after a hefty recon bill found that there was actually a crack in it and the head should have been scrapped. I wasn't expecting it, but i'm new to this too so it's all part of the learni...

kit wrote:Roscoe the 1.6 diesel only has 1 head and it is fairly accessible.

You are correct, and I wasn't saying otherwise. We can all agree that it is not job for the side of the M25 though, if indeed that even is the problem.

Ah, and with regards to head gaskets, it would take a large part of a day for a mechanic to get in there and replace it. I did mine myself over a few weeks when i had a free evening, first time learning too. You obviously need to diagnose what's up with yours first though...

Ah i didn't realise that you were on the M25 right now! I would strongly recommend getting towed to your destination rather than attempt to drive it with missing a bunch of coolant. You may well cause more damage. You might even find that the problem is something more simple like a bust coolant pipe...

It sounds like you might be getting exhaust gas pressure in your coolant. It may be a head gasket gone, or worse a crack in the engine block or head. Head gasket is more likely i think though. Where is the water coming out of exactly? I had issues like this and only last week diagnosed a tiny hairli...

I've just completed a recondition of my JX engine and have found a hairline crack in the pre-combustion chamber (roughly 20 mm long). Before the recon the engine had a worn piston (due to over heating) and didn't allow for much pressure in the cylinder, but now it's up to full pressure i end up with...